REGISTERED CHAIUTY NUMBER: 1192355 REPORT OF THE TIiUSfEKS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 21124 FOR BerriTV8 LLP artered A￿O￿nI￿nts St￿ StstErtory Auditors Lygon Housc BtYxnl¢y Kent BRI 3RA PUBLIC JNTERETh IAW CENTRE CONTEP(rs OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ftyr tbt yur ended 31 ￿rtkn 2024 P*gt Referen(c •dmiAi5tr*live detsib Report of tkt tn15trcs 2 to 15 Rtyoyt of the iadtpemdoxt *udltors 16 to 18 S**ttmrnt of fi**tyti*l *ttivitieJ 19 BxlAA¢e sheel fio* $tattme•t 21 Notes to tke usb fiow xtitemttst 22 Nottt to tht firwmti¥l stat￿t￿ts 23 to 30 Detilled stst¢me•t of ts•illciAI irtivities 31 to 32 PUBLIC INTERE%f LAW cgNTRE REFERENCE AND ADMINisfRATIVE DETAIIS forthe year ended 31 2024 TRUSTEES L Crisfield K L Gay (resig￿1 1.1 I.2023} G R Miller IresipJ¢J l.11.2023) N D MtsllK¢li*vJ SEMuna D No]be (apwithed 18.9.20231 J PBrk¢s 1¥csig￿l 1.1 1.2023) E Segal {rfJigJ)¢d 4.8.2023} A Ttyk S W8rw(KKI14WÈnted 18.92023) PRINCIPAL ADDRESS 244_254 C•nbrid8¢ Hrath Bethn8J Grtthj b2 9DA REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1192J55 AIJDITORS Buringus LLP ajartered AccouniaThts 4Jxi Stattllory AL¥Jiwrs Lygon Ho 50 iA>TKlon Ro Bromley BRI 3RA PUBLIC INTEREST tAW CENTRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year tided 31 Marrh 2024 The t￿￿¢¢&$ PTtseni their T¢rffjn with the fiD￿cIAl of the dwiiy (or the Éxriod l Apil 2023 th 31 Matdj 2￿14. The ¢Th￿te¢S have adDTknJ th¢ provisions of Aco)vniin8 and kewrting by Th￿ttle&.. StateJnent of Re￿Mmended Praciicc applieable to chaTiliCS preparing t￿ir accounts in awTda[￿e with the Fin&nci81 Rqx)rting St8ndard applic8b]e thE UK and R¢publi¢ of trejand (FRS 1021 {effcdivc l JathU￿ 2019). ROLE OF TRUSTEES The InL4tres review the 8im4 objectives th ¥tivitics of the djarity C￿h yeaT. Thts wrt I￿kS at whai Ihc eh8rity has 4chievEd the outixTrn]es tsf its work in the tew)rting Fxriod. The Ifusiee5 reFrfJrt on e*h area of &ctivity the organi5alion ha% Undertake￿ Whil￿ hi8h]i8hiin8 Ikt bt*¢fits li has broughi to thc Wbple that it is set up tu suP￿rt And work with. The review ￿$0 h￿￿ the tr￿￿¢¢5 ￿ ensure th¢ d)arity'5 aill￿ obixtsves xlivities retnaintyj focuscd ￿ its stslcd purFx)ses. The (rusieos have refcnyd to the ￿nts1nd in the Charity Commi￿10￿,5 gt4ml guidanc< on wb]ic b￿crit whcn ￿vieWIng the chBrity5 llims andobj¢rtiVe5 aT¥J in its fith]rt afAiviti& OBJECTIVFS AND AcfiviTIFS The Public Inl¢rtst IAW CcE)trc ¢xists lo thalluy 5ys*emic inj￿￿tiCe th￿ leg81 terntatiom, strategic litwio T¢se8rch 8ryd l¢gaJ educ8lion. We s￿18t1$e in wblic law. ¥¢ions agairtsi p]blic thriues and public inquiries. bringing (ases to court for itpJividu81s at)d gr&ssrwis group5 who have tttn treated unf8irty. We hold Eovernmeni and publi¢ b(￿leS 10 8ccouthI. Chall￿gIng unlawfid wlicics and We will test uthil we see a faircr aTrJ MOTC ual y)ci¢ty. Over the 12 month5. PILC h45 (wtimLcd to rxteJl¢rt progrtss againsr its 5trnicgic prioritiu: 11) St￿ngtherE Pll.Cs stratCW4 0F￿tIOnal Bnd fIn￿l￿ mwtwgrJncat 50 it 1$ rolyjst Ind wdl-resouTL%d und its govenwice reflects its valu¢5. 121 Gmw the rapacity of PILe5 litigatton tram in its rxistithg artai of ¢xrKrti5¢ and d¢velop one new 8fU. 13) Develop PILCS communicwion5 to grow the organi￿￿0￿,$ profile. and cnwem¢nL P•8e 2 PUBLIC INTERFsf iAW cEFifRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES t•rthe t*d￿ 31 March 2024 Acrivmvs AND ACHIEVEMENTS This year bcen (x]r kniest by faT, hayirtg Ihc litigati￿ te8m to 7 solitit¢)rs 8nd 6 L%sistsrtts, partleB8Js athd eworkers. Perhap5 the most r¢markabl¢ d¢vek>pmcnt in the past year is ihe bThdih of c•ses PILC 15 able to 18ke oJ] within its three areas Df extxrti%e.' 51atE actountsbility.. housin& land wmmunity a%¢ts,' Trcial justice ajmi miy8rtt8' riEhts. It ts also Im￿rtAn1 ￿ underthd from that tknse atr83 are ways for us lo ordex our worft Jt that most of our ¢ll￿ts cut aLYW all iknse and that PILCS leKfti work mJ8ins centr&l on sup￿￿rti mArginalised and workittg-cl&ss wmmuniue5 to knkl thc statr 10 a¢￿U￿L atyj challenge ￿ra1￿￿)laW￿l thision-maknng. We u5¢ 51ra*gic litigBtion to 5UPP)rt iyoth movcm¢nts social justiC¢. 5uth a5 mov¢mei)ts ain5t ho￿￿l￿P]land di5TK>55eSSSOn, agai]L%t Acism *Jd a88￿$1 worktsl rri. During the re￿rnIng puiod, wc opcned 43 ¢axs in Public Law (2￿23. 321. 3 wes in Claim5 8&Wn￿ Public Auihoritie 12023.. 41 Bnd 84 c&sc5 in Hou5ing12023-. 01. Most, if r￿1 all of PILCS ¢ouid f811 ￿ thi5 For of thi5 and othcr Ttwrt& wc our work on Public InquitiC5 a% WEII as (thr wbli¢ law 8twJ civil claitn$ for (hai chaJlctLges wblir txNJkES outside of our other aTeBs of extKrtisc. A) Covid-19 Inquiry The Covid.19 14Jbli¢ Inquiry in with OTal cv¥Jr4Kt hewings in Moduk 2 ttlwern O(*ot*r and De¢cmb¢r 2023. PAodule2 Rebetta Goshawk frINn S*>lxe Womett's Aid ￿>vid￿j cvithtice ￿ l*h81tof SolaEe sDd s￿￿thA[1 Black Si8 who we ttPTesth)( in this modul& We direcity qt￿5170￿¢d Piiii Palcl. Borts Johrtwn arml Matt HaM)cL and wc provided our closing submissions in Janyary 2024. Wh* we saw throuBhwi the otal he*in8s aTrJ having CO￿lder&I the disclosu￿ w&% that the c￿VernMen¢ slow to f￿￿3¢¢ Ihe inevitable dom¢s¢ic akne as 4 consequrncq a(ted latc to mitigate it5 eftsi. As a r￿UlL eonsuhation, me&8aging fiuyjing were ail lat& It Wlclcar whether frontline domestic abu5¢ WO￿¢￿ w¢r¢ k¢y workcri. Horneoffjce me55agitL8 IM>t TcpIiLXted xrDss govertune￿I. As thc fitst lock(hwn e&*d. govemm¢nt failed to plan for 8rtothet risc in I￿￿tiC al￿ subsequenr lockth)wns. Govcrnmem a [K)Itti￿] decision not to SU5F¢nd No Recowx to Public Fund5 Co￿111]914 despite ¢xtrn5ivc bbbyiD& This led to migrant vidim5 of dorne5tic abu8c being lriply Irapprd.. due to akne, the virus a￿1 fcgr of de5tits]tion. In futwe Ewthn1￿, piaw]ing to Jnitigate the rise ￿l￿>t[￿StiC sknuld nol bean afierthwthl Imrt pth of the pr(xe*%. Moduk 3 We on behalf of th¢ ProntliThe Migrant Health WrykeJ5 Grws {FMHWG) in this m¢xlule. Th2 group consists OF United Voices of thc Worfd IUVWI. InthtKtKl¢xrt Worku5 of GTt8t Brttain UWGBI and KJn]un￿tt Cortsortium. We provided a first dr8ft of our witness ststemtni oo Ethlf of th¢ 8w. whith Iht ItWUÉry Te4W#td puNant to Rulc 9 of th¢ Inquiry Rulrs in August 2023. Within thttt *ai¢menL we that tk help&1 to ￿derline one importani fac¢ in Tel*ioth ￿ the NHS in Britsin and iThJeed hf4]thcw¢ 411 over the world: th¢ private Se¢Lor is noi the Ell5wer to aEV of the big wobl¢ms or tILC big Ch￿l¢n8¢% Rather it i5 pwl of problem. We rrJk(k several ree0mm￿da1IOrts including: i) An to outsourcinB aÉLd privatisarion in thcNHS. ill ImprovinE public furLdin8 for the NHS athd pthlic hea)th. iii)End 'hostilc envtronm￿t, wlici¢5 and ov¢rhaul migrntion 5ysi¢m (kvalu&E the liv￿ of mi￿￿, exwFSts them to harm and incre￿% the overall piJbli¢ ￿41th risk ￿ by a futwe pand¢mi¢. iv) End 'no rewurse ￿ public ftmds. &MNJirions applied ￿ viw which leave5 WOTk¢r5 living in fear of ILKsing their jobs 8fMi opcn tD abuse. v) Ovethaul sick ￿Y system to ￿$$ to SIL* pAy to dl anplDy&t limb {b) and se￿-emploY91 workers at a livtTh8 wa8e ralL vil FATly engagement wilh ￿10Th5 and wmmunity 0￿￿150¢10￿$ lo info￿ thi¥w)n-m4king mthrthdingof needs of work¢r5. PUBLIC INTERFsf IAW CENTRE REPORT OFTHE TRusfKES ror th¥ yr#re*ded 31 MArcb 2024 Module 4 ott 17 July 2023, w¢ w¢re gr￿ted CO￿ pfyrtiCiF•nt 51atUs ID act on behalf of the Migrnnt Primary C4rc ACC￿ GFOUP (MPCAG). Th¢ group consisis of Joint Couneil for the Welfare of IM￿18T￿nts IJCWJI. Doctors of the World ItX)TWUKI, Medact. and KanluDgan Conw￿Ul￿. This mvthjlc will wtLSider tDake rtu)mmendatyons on a Ange of i3sucs relating to th¢ (kvek>ptnent of Covid-19 v￿or￿S aNI the impkmcthtaiioTh of ilK toll0￿ pmwwnm¢ i Englan(L wal￿ SCotl￿d and NorttL¢m JTdand. MPCAG in partiwlar playd R crucial role aThJ have w signifir￿rt intexesi in rtlaiion to barrieT5 tr> vaccirte uptake and unequal vaccine uptake. the Identifi￿110n ol 8roup5 which subj¢u of ￿p¢ake access issue5, the causes of this &% well as the CrfJvernmeJrfs res￿￿ atvj 18ilings. Th¢ ovenvh¢lJning of indtviduB15 Tepresented by MPCAG come from BAME and RacÉalised IACk￿. with DMY eXPUb￿CIng addiliotd vulncrabslity 4nd JI]JiEinalisaiion due to facknrs s￿h t% ths1iiuliot4 mental health ¢hallc*8u. or iwl4tion. The pandanic arriv¢d following o dttade of au5teTity ￿5111¢ environm¢nt p)li¢ies Imp￿ing these ¢liu)ts. Throughoui th¢ pande]nic, DOTWUK, M¢d8EL JCWI and Kanluw all W lo exta￿ thcir supwrt evuj furthrx to theet the need5 of tnigr8nts and w(kncumentcd pcoplc that w¢r¢ WOTried xce5sing v&c¢it￿l0 We provided 3 first draft of our with¢s8 Statement on IKhalf of ihc grrw whi¢h the Inqttiry twuested pursuÉnt io Rule 9 of the IhquTrry Rul&8 in Jarwjry 2024. The tvidcrK¢ we presented M behalf of th¢ gTOUP 5hDwul Ihal there w45 a failuEE kn prioriiise public hcalth over immigrats¢)n policy and thai the knottstTaied ihat it w&4 willing to iacrifKc public h¢aJth ￿lLeY and objcclivrs in the lnier￿ of mginlsinujg its long-terni ThaNi-line' Apprr￿ch to immigrHtion. We emph*5i5ed the th9¢ ih¢ NHS cha¢tttg rtwme. the No Rax>utse to Publie Ftmds ¢othdition 8nd the dat&-shtTing ￿￿tiC¢S Edwcen the NHS. Dq)artm¢nl for He<h atd &)¢ial Car¢ and th¢ Hi)tnc Office had on the barriers to 8nd uptake of the vaccinc. We also showed the Governments twr 8rtd inadequaie commuthi(*iion slrntegy fBiled to rwh Ma￿ mi8rants and tha Ihert was r¥) ¢ff¢clive consulttttion or communication with S￿1￿[15tNG(YS which wwjld h&ve miti￿1 98ainstth&t impwl Modul¢ 6 M¢)dulc 6 1)pened in DertmEtr 2023. We ￿{M IKhalf of the Frontlinc MI￿￿￿[ Ht8]th WoTku5 GT(rt]p IFMHWGI. Th¢ group COTk8iSts of Unitd VDt¢es of the World {UVW}. IthdqJ&)deTht Workers of Great Britatn (IWGBI Bnd KaTrI￿g￿n ConsortiurEh. Thts module will inve5tiBate the imtxt of thc F￿1C on the ￿]bliclY thvj ￿val¢lY fi]tMknI adult srKiaJ cwe se£ior iti Engl￿d. ScoilaTd, W&les 8nd Northern Irelwui. It will wnsidcr the con5e4uences of govemm¢ni decision-m8kin8 - inCl￿d￿￿ re51ridions imFwI - on kn5c living W￿l￿g within thc c*e secthr, as well &5 decisions Con￿rning Capaciiy in hospilals and re5ida]ts trt adulli￿ aryt residential knmes. The Group Tepres*Jts 8 large co1￿( of Iwc wotke¥s. formally aThl Énfomially unployed 35 well 8S tst)paid home Carets. In rArticylar, th¢ Group h&$ a si￿1r￿[wrt int¢te5t in Bnd P￿i￿lar exrKrtist to on the m&tter of p]EL*fioll8ly employed ond work¢r& IIKse worktts f%ed hJTsher workill8 condiiions. lower PRY. Wtakcr or nlrfuaj ptvtettions and greater risk of ￿P101$￿70n and abj￿ C￿￿￿011Y. &3 frontline and PTthMi[￿1l1Y oursourr WQTkers. FMHWG group cDth]rtsl some of the wot5t cortsJitiOA8 were exwsed ty high rtsk in the wur5¢ of their wo]k in the £%re sector. Thcy ar¢ unIq￿Y pjs1tio￿d iThliwdually and ¢ollectively to offer insight int[> the irllpxct of thc pandemic on the rArt seoor. Trmjth on th¢ms¢lves &% wokn aDd on m¢tnber5 of the public with whom they iffleracted in the eourse of Ihcir woTk. PUBLIC INTER￿ LAW CENTRZ REPORT OF TIIE TRusfEFS fortheyearellw 31 M*r¢h 2024 b) un(￿r￿ver Policinglnquiry {uaY) The UCPI w4s x hiatth% fttsm oral evithte this year following th¢ CNI of Trand￿ l in Fcbnwy 2023. We t4)mpiled our stItL￿tr￿ from thttt iTarthe into a pubJi(atior4 whith (¥n b¢ pEc￿a h¢r¢'. I￿. Publii is Ilw. Enetn '. We held & public eyem in July 2023 to disc￿%$ key leaming5 frotll the Inqutry 50 far with wÉicirAlion frozn Pi¢rJ M￿￿1$ (Doughty Strect ￿aMterS) aThJ s¢¥crnl Corc Parti￿pants ￿ the Inquiry irtJ¢xling DtKJtta McLean (AuthoE of 'Smllll Town Girf), Lindsey (Stop tr WaT Cwlitionl &w¢th Grover (The Moniwring Gw). A vhdeo reo)nlin¥of the tvu)t can be xctssed here.. hi .ukl ubl&c8tiOTLsI 5- -taunih-vidthl Rul¢ 9 5tatcrnents wer¢ gLs0 m8d¢ on behalf of thc Camp8i8n for Nuclcar Disarn￿ll¢￿t, Lin&y Gem8ft (Ex-socialist Workers P8rty and Cut￿￿1 cottveTM)r of the Stop tIK Wfir CoBliiion arxl Midwl of the Revoluiionary Communist Party uf Britsin IML). A major of swc disctoswt ai C￿1 ofthc rep)rttr% iii t￿￿￿[10￿ for Trwiche 21th to iuJuty 20241 the of Te￿nIng￿lIA ¢) IThiew￿BLa¢kll￿IttS Coll￿t￿ We (1)ntin￿L wr rok 85 301ioilor5 at th I is thJ¢ by the eThl of 2024. Cfjllusion I . Tht LY￿rt fNMn thts Inquiry d)Transt￿lor￿ &vtMmeMofT8mil Ee]8 Wr r¢wwite4J tho TGIE in th¢iT Cffort to d¢wos¢nTr% th¢ Lib¢rnrion fyrs of Twnil Eel*n at the Proscrst*d Organisatirn Apptsl COMME￿￿ in M8rth 2￿24 with tt*outrome of the hvryducirE July. ¢) An¢Jn v LAA Ichdlcftgckn •8¢iSt IAA mr4rts lest) We arc d￿lI(￿gEng thc Ib5¢rimirbAtory cxd¥L*ion of s￿￿¢13 fiDm X(f&sin8 Le8al Aid on of our dicni Lynu (Mt her real name), a sur¥ivor of sexts81 al￿. In 2W22. Lynry aged 68. w&% tbe vidittt of 8 vitsl¢*t Uittie. She souxbt support, bul instead of bcing helped she w&% sexuolly a53￿1(¢d by a WIK) ILM)k thantsge of wblic y)sitioTh. B&sed golety ou iDtome frDm h¢r St*c Pethsio# Ho￿lD% BthefiL Lynn w&5 foulld inc1t￿l}It for lerdl lid Th 'dis￿)sable iftujme threthold, for It8al aid £733 w monlh. li h&% Ycmained ithchan8d si￿¢ 2013. Hu Stste Pension now P￿%￿¢5 Lynn £70 ov¢rthat limii. MiS1ion5 of F¢nSiOW are kingwcvu4ed from ¢(wts. Wc Ily eXha￿ted the tLga] Aid AEULtys iTrt¢mal aMK41 Systhi and also them to extirise discT¢tion in LyKn e to no Hvail. Thc Mly &vcnu¢ remain￿)8 ￿ chllw this UDfar DJ]e ft1fects￿ imwJvuisbr41 wmsiontn is through legal actiOJL We i￿r4￿ a claim 10 judiGkally rcvigw ihe LeEaJ Aid rcEUlatx￿l in April 2023. argui])g tha the threshold for lcgal aid is dI￿riE￿Ill8t0ry again* QV¢T the S￿¢ P¢n5ion oge alld w￿£ grar*ol a p¢rmi55ion du¢ to J*ard irt J￿¢ 2024. 2. Housin8y And CoMm¥Thity Assets Our work in thy8 area is wide T•n8in8aAd I￿lude. - exist]￿g work SU in suTrii afeh" uale h¢)usin developirlg wolk in pl8fLning law through ow ro tti wthich mainly supp)rt couKil Juidttits racing a¢molition dtsp19L￿v4J¢ ￿ well as supwrting mark¢t trth faci￿¢¥*￿1£￿', - llew WOTk defcndiii sies & Iraveller ursuill t'lif thrnugb wese*tstion in housing arxl plonrut Wealso lau[￿ed ow larest proje£t to k ubliG W i Nic hattsls tbrottRb the defe￿£0[ o￿n srActs in IA>thts. PUBLIC INTERFSf LAW CEKfRE REPORT OFTHE TRusr&Ls for (he yur tod¢d JI MAr¢h 2024 rollowingstr&egic tx8es Ill￿*￿￿C the wi)rk we haveththe during the Fviod: al AS v LB &)uthwark (AylesFw E%tBte) Aysen lived on the Aylesbury for over 30 ye4Ys 8tMI taEnpigngJ 8gait)st tts thmolitioa. In 2015. plarujing pemii¥ion w&9 grant￿ 10 demolish 8nd rebuild ik Wiihtn plannin8 p%m￿l0￿ is a ma5tcrplan formed iti consvliaiion with the communiry that sas oui the param¢t¢rs of the ￿8¢r￿￿￿￿n. Howevtr. deVelO￿ts ]nade a'drop in. appliLatioN in 2022. whith went far iyond th¢ 0ri8inal plarLS. By &rprovin8 the amththnenl lo the outline Ftrmission, SoulhwaTk Council &waTded ihe d¢veloper fvrther, exicmsiv¢ ￿>W￿. Ihat w1￿]d make li much e45icr for them to Mix and maich. new plÈnning p¢rnl55i0r￿ ￿ro$S the F￿tate which differ (mm the origin81 m851erplan. The HiEh O)urt agTeed with Aystn that ￿uthWark C￿il aded V￿aW￿lI1Y when apFwvin8 the ametthenL Thks 15 an important judgetncnt for knu5ing campaip￿ a(T033 the ¢LWJntry, &$ latge e5tste r¢(kvelorxnenls often unfr>ld fro(n IA]t]ine Planning Perniissiorys over ume. This cage scnrttDisgJ t￿ rn￿hod sn whith d¢v¢lor*r5 usc 'thY)p in. appli(¥tions 10 deviate fiY>m what W&5 initially pyomiycd to residen￿ LaEthwk Chambcrs knsted an onltne eveth to I￿k into th¢ implicaiioTL% of this judgrm¢rLL which w&% attentsl by 12(M) lawyer& b) Anott v Wc5ttrJiDst¢r Ith)mesiic Ab￿ & HousiDgl Over a sxriod of four yeaT4 our di*)I's child wss Sex￿llY abjsd by a tteiBhlxw. whith led her daughter to rxpBri¢nc¢ sigrjificani mental h￿￿th i&5UC5. Sinc¢ the abJse discovered, JKr mum h&% wiKking uYcless]y 10 fjnd somewheiy to liv¢ that ss away fro]n hEr dwghi¢¢s txqxirdor whilst hcr d8ughiu liY¢s with rtlalives abroad. Our client made an 8ppli(¥tion for a 'rxip[(￿] trartsfeF to w￿l￿EN¢T CtyJn¢il. knIp￿￿1 tr￿Sfer$ enable iknse tl¢¢ing violence and abL￿e 10 n]ove to a Safe aTr• whil# their s￿1?1 knusin8 ienatw. That &pplii%tion was dcnied i>n the ix%2s that the family canl '9￿]¢ jump.. PILC is rclieved that ihe High Coud fou￿1 We5th11n5￿ housiEig policy unlHwfvl, indirectly di8¢rim5￿1ory against women 8nd 8ir]s and a bTwh of ihe bjblic $￿tOr ¢quality duty,. li also found Westmin5trr c￿j￿¢11 bTeached their oblig2tiDns to safcguatd and PDmole the w¢lfare of Children. The court ordetrd thAt Westminster reconsider its decision wirhin 28 day5 8Thd rewew its Jwing allrKation wlicy. Tsrne ond time a￿1n those tleeing obuse are fo¥c¢d by coutKi1s to 8iv¢ up secute tt4xKie5. Councils must thke te$￿>￿51b111ty nd protect SUTYivors whEll they need it. ithSte&l of ca￿51ng them hartn atKI distrds5. cl Waverfey Borou￿ CowMx5 v Vark)w (Gy￿￿&5 & Travclkw51 Our clienrs in thi3 5 f*nili&% ofirish Travetlers WIM) b)Lwht 8Th1 mve4t Imrto it in thur In total, f4rnilics Incl￿ I I ￿Ults and 15 Children. One younÈ adu]t and one chtld have tknwn Syndtotlle. one elduly mBn h&% skiti c8tKtr one thild h&% Serio￿ hcalth issues Tequiring elrAricity supply ro klp him b]rèthE. Nonc of Ihtm wcre able to live in c0nvcnti0E￿ I￿1￿8. The families ¥plied fE>r pJaru)ing ￿rMiSSion but the counBil i88ued inj￿¢tIon wceeding& which a jwjge 8pwoved. Climts moved off the Itnd atKI tried ty fitKI allcrnaiive places to live, includin8 apw0￿hln8 the council for help io no avail. They h￿1 no 0￿r options tmrt 10 move onto th¢iT land. The council tI￿n gpplied for a INju[￿li0￿ at which lime PILC werE PILC submitttyj welf￿￿ and plwffjing ¢vid(Y￿r alung with witne55 s¢at¢m¢*is. The council a88￿$1¥cly by issuin8 COtnmtttBI pr(xetdings the matter was surt for a hvoring in the High Court ThE J4]dge di3missryJ thc injuttction. Clients arv now ablc to stay on the land and ho￿ to plannir￿ permissi¢)n io live on the￿ This caTh by 811 futu￿ d¢fendatris in s187B injunctions to have Thtir injunctions di4rnisx& It shows Ihlt cou￿115 iwt the weifate needs of Gypsies and Travellers living on siies FMdin8 itiyuJth￿. d) SW v LB Enfield (Whiteweth P￿) Stncc 2VII, N gr¥)up of Ertfield re5id2nts have fightirtg to $￿p their IcasinE over 50% of pllblir green stAce 10 Tottenhatn Hotsp￿ Frx>tl*ll Club and its ultra-wealihy OW[K￿ With plarts w rxpand I￿3r ITainin8 grounds, Ihe pro1￿ deYeloFffl¢nt nte4fL8 that Enfieid Rsid¢nts would lose to IBnd that h&s F*en in public h8nd% for nrarly century. It would al¥0 requi￿ rnzing 5¢vud xres ofnaLw81 ￿￿11nd to tnake way for training pitches and Z[kn￿]cuTed gud¢n& WhttcwelA)s POPK hy5 t¢¢n in pthlic tr￿1 for OVCT ¥ {￿rnry and is a richly bitidiv¢r5¢ 5Fece. This kind of $￿te 15 e53eniial fw mental ar￿ physical htrdlih.. ils pfDViSiOll can reilJc¢ k41th iryalilics between wealthy ￿ld ived commuTritic& tr*inwgthe (won the followu￿ g￿md8. Py6 PUBLIC INTERFsf IAW CENTR& REPORT OFTHE TRUSTE forthty¢aT ¢•ded 31 Mirch 2024 - Tr Council carmi j&Wfi￿Y dÈstxyse of the F•rk in the way ptw)8ed (to aprtyate wmpany its own L￿M￿rIal pwposel. - The distx)sd piATLS fire notwtK%15tctrt withthc'si&ukny purp)￿ ofthc laThJ. which is to bc held a8 or*Tr s[￿19￿d on In￿ for the public la ￿ry￿x¢ forwhKa it W&8 WiTryJ u5ingp]blic fuThJ5}. - The ¢ouncil c4tJnot thc li ]A8tLS to gcn¢Tate fmm the 3aJe in thc way il pJDp)54 its &¢i5ion is untawfully influenccd by thi5 error.Tr was tKard in the Hith Cowt in Fcbrw 2024 with a de£i8ion due handcd dow l&tET in the spriJ2g. 3. Rfitlal Justitt Micr*tLts' Rights Minoriti8ed Comm￿ttle¥ are ovcdy r¢wtsartd in Enwh of work alx)ve rn￿y of PILC clithts 8r¢ from rnsdi5ed communtti* Howtyu we aLw thjtstske strarwc leEal ￿tion with a more di￿¢ of ￿et￿￿1r mi8rontS' Tights arLd £hallcn8Stkg ttcid discrimiwion. The following strategK LaS¢S illustra* thc wtsk we knve L&)ne the wiwj.. ) Ary)n v &SHD IBereaveAI Porkncr5 (y)rKa%thMI {noi her rd twne} came ￿ (he UK in 2015 on a SIN)￿e vi$8 to live with her British husband with whom shtt h85 two young children. Wly, in 2022 hEr h￿bar￿ thcd urKxpxed]y. N8vigaisng gief ￿1 the Sud￿ shift to life &5 a single mum. Hana was entitled to aA)ly for selllement it) rhe UK the bc¥eavcd partsw Df & UK national. Howtvcr. H8rta fated an ￿tortIOr￿alt fte of £2.885 (4 limts thc adtnin pr¢)ctsstng costs) to &cctS5 th¢ thai she wa% k88Jly enlitl¢d 10 - SOEnthiD8 tkn Hatta simply coultbft affottL N£8Thy of th¢ k%opl¢ in similar 5itu&tllN15 to Hana Ye re¢our* to public fil￿1$ 8TE on vrry low Ir￿m￿ or strLwlin8 financiatly after the death of thir S￿￿11￿. Thc Home OfYLce also hwj the power to waive thks fe¢ ¢Tr￿e noi to. PILC l&wytts fight extr¢mely ha*YJ for each and every cL8e. Whcn we first applied fr)r pcrni53ion, we wert told rK). Twitt. But we did tK)I give up. The High Cou ev¢ntually 8ranied penLi#ion on all grOu￿j$ at a Tcnewal The Hotnc Offic¢ gjwuently offer¢d to s¢ttl¢ the cA%e to intrth a fe¢ waiveT for partty￿. Wearc now fJnJii5in8the tern￿ Oft￿ thunenL b) LK v SSHD (Delays on EUSS aFpli¢atiwa) ThLS IS 8Ji on8Otng cknllengc io thc lautomattc) of EU Settlem￿¢ SrJ)eme 4)pliC￿l0￿% on ithlf of those with Fain8 criminal plosecutio￿, affe¢tin8 10.(MM>F EU r￿lOn11S with l&Jgthy (klays. LK applied for kttlal statw under the EU settl￿ne￿I Scheme in se0￿ber 2020. His applicatK)D was pjt oth hold sh)rtfy alter on the b&%i8 that h¢ had Mling pmseculion. Th¢ m&ximum Sente￿ LK could ECCeiV¢ for his PtosttutiDn could nevcr have mei the t1￿￿kn]d for r¢fu%ing hi5 aFvlic4tion lor Scttlcd stat￿ We that the Home Offi<% ￿71¢Y ort ￿￿SIng applicatiorts 15 Irrntsonal and a bm¢h of th¢ Withdrawal Aereanert 85 ii fo￿£$ Hornc Offi(x ca5¢wo￿ets io pul applications OTh Id wh¢rt Ihc prosttuiions are not Serio￿9 C[M￿gh to rtsJli in a iawfvl refusal. wele the 4)pli(xtion to bc dccithd. Thr Upper Tribunal IItnllJigration 9nd Asylm} inttiajly Irfj￿cd ow 8pplirntion lo j￿j1¢#I11Y rtview the p)licy. Followittg all ap￿￿1 to th¢ Court of ApFtai. rKEmission w&% The c&8e was in thc Upw TribuD&l ill July 2023 and w¢ are stÉll gwaitingiudgCrr￿ on ihe to br h￿l￿d thwtL I FE MA v SSHD This is A hurnan rights damag￿ clairn against tk Hotne Offjce in relation to ¢rtattrLenL of our clients immiwxiion opPli￿li0￿% ov¢r 15 yeaN FE arrived in the UK aged 2 *ews 01￿ Hcr avDr applied fot ind¢fEnite leave to Ort h half when Sk was 4 ytaTS old. 5ubsequ¢*ily went into th¢ c￿¢ of ￿18] servKes. The Home Offjct nev Answer&1 the application for Indefinit¢ tAve to Rem&it4 {￿U$l￿8 kntbknThent¢d for laT8e pUl￿1S unlil 2021. In 2016 she and kr yowi8 %>tb i￿a￿Le They 105t their Jy)me. FE lom her job atKI of their physic and mental h¢￿th 5uff¢red badly. Had FPS 8Fpli(*ion for ILR bttn answered Wh￿ it sFK>uld have been, this would have nevtr happened. We swc¢5sfvlly sd(led the ciwm for mum And iwludiDg £47.5tK) in dtyiagc5. A5 FFS $Oti j5 4 thi￿r. his d*MKes be tKJd by thc Cowt wrtil hc re4chc5 18. Py7 PUBLIC INTEREST IAW CENfRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for tht year ended 31 m￿ch 2024 4. MovtDbent l￿Wyer1RE ID addition ro legal reJx&wiÈtiort sititeBiC litigation. we ¢x)rtinue to W￿rk¢lO￿ty with 8r&*%mts p4rtncrs and frontline organisation5 through SCCQD&tiCT advice. traiDin& ca￿LiY buildtllR14si ed￿tiOn Fublic events. The8e relationshi￿ atbA additi0th￿ wotk forrll the ba515 of our movcment Iwering mothl. Srxte A￿￿￿tabIlIty We published two l¢gal bri¢firw ￿ a way aLXi¥itt #rtrKotr5tw3 suprxirlc of th¢ P￿estine Solidvity Campign LIKk[5￿ or kgisl*iorL' uidL to Ihe Public A 2n2_3 W¢ thaftcd this guide at the r4tKst of ihe for Nuclear Di3anll8ment following con¢emirs cb*ys 10 le8i$latSDTL Tr Act is oij4¢d ￿ twoiesrus eriminalises specifit fotÈns of prnlest with Ihc crcalion of 8 of r*w ￿1[(11¥￿[ Off￿￿%. It 81$0 sigDifjcBn￿Y ￿P￿)￿L4 wli¢e wwus of stop and S￿r￿). includingse8rthe5 Wit￿￿ swpicion. (:.K Anil-BokL￿t Bill.. (kn Ihe wro skde ol'hisior%: The Ik)vernmenf$ prowsd EcotK)mtc Athivily of Public Bodies {Overye&% Maller51 Bill. commonly referred to as the Anii-wcott Bill going thEough Parlvameat in JHnuary 2024. W¢ supported bro*J.trAstd ¢ampaiBn cstablishcd by the ￿estIne S)li¢Jarity ca￿￿￿ ￿ pie&suti5e PDliti¢81 ]y)rcsent8tsveJ to drop the bill. (kn I¢Bal ￿1¢[￿}& explaiths whai Ihc fCStrithOtL8 8overnmcnt is planning to imp03¢ on publAc trtJdÈe5, i2Kluding irtal authoTiIics, UDivrnits<% grxl ￿*￿S1on in thur cxucttc of ethiL*I jud8Trth1 on Iheir fmanth8] (knisioA%. b. HO￿t￿ W BIKI CIMDmunity Asxts We have centin￿l prDvide 5UPP)rt 5rry$C￿ to dome5ti¢ abJ5c gefflor Iluough second-tiet advicc aThl tr4inkES8 On the housing righ￿ ofsuryivots via OLtr onEoing p￿￿1P wilh ￿)1￿ Worn￿.5 Aid aTrJ oth¢r8 ill the ￿Or. Wc ￿￿0 ntiwJ¢ lo I￿$t tk Dom&Mic Abuse and Fon]m. whith 232 mrjnbus (2023.. I￿1. We wTr*ed with l.aw for Life, dcliYrxirLg IDIT￿1￿ ￿ Public LAW tsaining to Kts55Th￿l gTOUP5 front1￿C Org￿1$allo￿s working with ￿PIc in Teffj￿>rnry ACLYJmm(￿l0o. We w¢rt also abl¢ to review some of the i¥8UCS arising from their work. with a vi¢w to assess wh* could bc d￿kn8rd thtDU8h theasurf& Our (ieniriliiaih)n Pn) eci hL% fltyjrished in Ihe 12 montlffj buildÈD8 relg1ionsFups ar¥1 providin¥ educauon and SUP￿rt 10 Lstste residents 8cro%s Lon(kni. We have also en888¢4 wiib no￿.eS￿le ￿deVelo[X￿enl tsses wluth wr relatcd w g￿trificatIOn. og. Fri￿(￿ of Slyherfs Bush MBrkct &xi81 Howing Aaion CaMP￿8n. and and SUPP)rting market coaiiuon th￿￿8b Ix)tK) a¥118tfftlion with l￿￿￿41k Chant*TS. Buildin8 OTr the a￿v¢ we hoye delive￿1 'legal education. J45sionJ and creatsj Yesoujres th (4pxiiy.sirtJJ81kn gmups we woik with Ix)th through pre- wst- public meetings legal edU(x￿￿ se3siorL3. written Matrr¢￿I and blo85. We also share the learning5 frDm the projwt wilh oihcr L&w Cenbu and legal wtession*l$. encournging puyle io devclop simibr woAt. W¢ wotkiDg ou two cue5 ID Manchester tog¢ttLer wtth Gretr Nknth5tes Liw Cettirv WAY to Cyclly btsild other Law CeDIT¢s w do this wc*k outsidc DT J¥Jc Pcany (UCL UrbaTr LaF￿atOryI, who we had Com￿]5510[￿l to rtswch Ik of wuncil itaJatt¢ies xt0%5 London. is finj1isin8-hi￿¥vrt on thc limi18 of CmSS-wb5idy and durtditson, dy¢ w tc launched in 21r24. We launched our 4IL.% attd Irdirlkys Legal Adi'iie Pfo eci. beBinnuJg to develop strategic relationshtps with Friends, FÈmilies llnd Trnvellern. the NatioTral Bwgees a￿] Trnyellus A￿K]ItIon and ¥&n dwdlas in Bristol. We 8re pJe4sol to work with HgJri¢t Child NitiMI Pl￿ 1% a t¥Jnsllltsnt s)licitr frMJ CPRE London 4nd Support work k¢eping public Iwxl in public haThk thTQU8h tk OLii c. Rxi8] J￿[l¢e *kl Rigl We continU￿j ro Wts￿ LIDsely with RLMFFI. Revokc WMJ Praxis thTough tTainsn8, Capacity butldinE, rosearch and $trgIc8ic liti￿ri￿n in ourwok* challen8inE LtIjIL81ice th the imm1￿*1Dn Sys￿. W¢ publithed Hnd publicly launth the last volu]llc in the oth￿ Votcts ￿leS entitled "Ln land IcM>k i￿. Polish Ttiu k l>oLk in Novemb￿ 2023. which 4150 conclth ihe w.￿k we l%d do￿ with EU rough slttpets sits¢e Dw inception. sU￿B then. w'e have further dev¢lorKd our parmcrship with the Roma Supp)rt Gmup IhTough ongoiDg SE￿nd.ti vir4 and (ycity buildin& with a fo¢tr% oft housitig tssues i PUBLIC INTFRFsf LAW CENTRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTELS hrthe y¢Ar¢•ded 31 2024 5. Comrnunicxtio CommuniGations 15 an essential of PILCs movuM*t lawyerin8 It h&8 also a long.standinE wish to butld oursupp(Ktcr base ar¥J ￿b]ish anewsle*tEr. We contrnatd a totL%ult*nt in S0¢m￿r 2023 ￿ thveknp &g)mmunicatiotL% that would grow the or8anwrfion'5 profil¢ ￿ that the way we ttFmmunicate tTratcks T￿ quality of our legal work. We also want to irK[ea￿ our itifl￿eJ￿. share our and ¢w¢as¢ publtc e]ygernent $0 th& we have a strong SUPP>rt¢T that fee15 deeply Thc siNegy w&%completed in tkconlxr 2023 r£ntres on four pillars.. - Shar¢ sknries to All￿trate th¢ ]nateria] condiiitins th&t PILC G]ients ate (￿lm& by pthlishin8 & quththy ncwsJ¢t¢¢T and improving ow wet6it¢' - Strengihen our ￿￿e1 tg fight cv¢ry sit)glc deYeiopin8 ourability to fi]ndr￿ from th¢ publi - Share whai we learth itt the swne way we wo￿. togth- whdhcra ￿e is woll or10st, Sharing what w¢ leam thrO￿h public evcnts 10 r¢ftc¢t. sh8tc atLd promote 15 e55emiial- - Join the flght to fJ8ht back: 88]vAlli￿ the public to wyxt work. by en8•8inE with w wjdiences to ￿prA)rt our work. P]LC's first newslerntr'ln the Publtc Inl¢r& vi&% pthlishul in mS￿h 2￿14. We will d2vdoping irxcrnal systems to implcmtnt the strategy in th¢ I￿$ pcrKwJ. & FRlldrai%iDg Futthising 25 key 10 PILCS IWin￿ motkl a￿] actimmts for40% ofow irK¢)meovtT 12 mont￿& This ejxablas s to work through ourmovement lawy¢rin8 mfNJel- developing strategic le￿] wotk with rnar8ina]iscd individuals, assr(x>lS grouF gnd frondine organisations Whil￿ thlivtsing le￿[ al￿On 8nd carACity-buildin& Thi5 also enables us to or g)mmission ¥ese4rth aTKt tthalf ofowclienls try0￿j Ihe cou]ts. PILCs approwth to fundraisithg mostly focuse5 on grants fmm [r￿ts atd fou￿￿10￿5. W for core ￿￿1 project fvn(L%. Wc wtt¢ cxtrernely fortuThat¢ 10 be awarded a numb¢¥ of subswiii818rMI mulh-yew grants in the l&%t rewknn8 pcr*od. As a r¢sult. this ytsr w&$ f￿ll5ed on makirkg ￿re iht we deliver the work on these. We 8Y48rdryJ thrce additional trarts ovwthc 12 moThth8'. - Access ￿ JuJ¢ic¢ Foundwion IILTA) £50Q(XK) ovcr 5 ye4ts- corc fi￿di - Bthng Foundation awarduj £120.(m over 3 yf4rs ￿Ward8 the GentrifJcatit>n Proje - DisNJpi Founthtion awarded£40.0(Ml ovff 12 month iowards the Gypsie5 & Trnv¢ll•B ixgal AdviG¢ PrOj￿t W¢ are alw gratefijl to th¢ J05¢F4J Rowmreg Charstsblr Tn￿ for bjrthtr extendirg gmt ty sUp￿t thc (kvejowent of our work with Gypsies Jnd Trnvclkffs fot at¥)tl*r 6 montts ￿ DUtrnbeT2￿24. Goin8 forwaTd. and given the 10 irKrta%t in the central ie8nL we will focus our elTorts on ￿ls]￿g core r￿dIng to ensurc infr&8ttucthtal supF¥>rt is Tobusi matth theambilion5 oftyjr legal action. F￿r￿raIsIng frnm individual thtk)rs is ne8b8ible in compati%on 10 from other ÉOUT¢4 for Itss th 2% of our income during the re￿rtIng We u¥¢ Crowd JuXi¢t (o ptDtttt clients from potential *lver5E (x)sts of brinwng legal aGtioJ4 though Ihis does not iKnefii PILC dir#ily. There 15 1 PayP&l TA>rntion' ￿tton OD PILC'S website, whith occa5ion8lly receives diTWt dowiorts from mern1￿ of Ik rAJbli& Due to the litniid nalure of this &ttivsty we hllve not SOU8hi io reBiSter with the fithisittg reBUI￿r. W¢ also do N>rdtrethy involve vulrKr&ble pc(Jpk in our fiuylraisÉllg xtivilie5. We h&v¢ ry)¢ ￿1vE￿ any ￿K￿P101nts 8b)ut tyJr fUndraisU￿ activity. WE IAYe sel Iip 8 Fightin8 Fund with some of tht (knna(ions ￿ti¥d St￿ a one-off grnji frotn ¢hE Ac(xss to Justice Foukdation (¢ll￿t imlance futsjl. which will ¢n&*lc usto litiBatr whert public i5 Mi available. PUBLIC INTEREST IAW c8￿rRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTELS ror tbe yur eDded 31 MArth 2024 FINANCIAL REVIEW We art p]e8stsI to Tvrt It• PILCJ finarKial sitiMiioTh remairt8 StrDll& (hjr inwme has I￿1¢48¢d Si￿lf1¢andY in the last l2 months. though there *E specific and iunpK>rary reasorts for thaL This ]De8ns w¢ ￿ed to me has ￿Ubled LX)mtwed to the l&%t rew¢iDg &￿0d. Thi% i8 mairtiy due to H tharp ir￿￿taSt in ¢amtyJ income frorn publtc inquiric5 and includes Coun5cI (sc¢ no* 2. klowl Given the le￿￿)rnY nature ofthis cgrn income. tnuch of it Is bein8 rcsuved and saved for the titne being until 51aff all￿￿ed 10 ptsblic Énquiries arc re-tr8￿111oned b&ck into the litigation tum. This ¥C-Ir￿s1tiOrt will TEsuIL in LThts with TKI COTTry￿￿1ng incom4 which is why we such a surpliKI ITh iestrtres ai ￿ESellL Total ¢xpendiiure ￿s0 incre&%d be￿USe li includes £730J98 of legal ￿$t$ (C￿￿￿1 Fcts and Costs Con5ultsn¢s) up fmm just £134,040 in 2023. The Tcmainin8 in¢ttasc in CYFthdilwt is attrilxjtable to or8anisational wtl staff 5è1#rie5 and rising inllwion. Sta*m¢Tht of Fin￿¢￿1 A￿1VElI&S PILCS irK4)me ¢att be divided in fow ¢ategoritt%.' l. Grnnts from Tnjsts a￿J Foundat￿]15 amountcd to £471.613 {2023.. £342,923k 8 38% on wh&t hld istd in the prevK>us wiod. We ¢xprtss owg¥a(iitsde io.. o AB Charitable Ttuyt o Baring Foundatio o City Brid8c Found&tion o Disrnpt Fou]NlatiotL o Garden Court Cha]nlxr3 SFcial Futmj o Joseph Rowntre¢ c1￿￿b￿ Tr￿l o m￿riX C*usc5 Fund o Oak Fo￿d￿lOn o Strategic Legal Fw o The Access to J￿Ill￿ Founthtion o Thc Ixgal Edutatioll FO￿￿tH>￿ o Trust for Lorthn o T￿JorT￿St 2. FArned from le881 WO￿ for the yc*rgmountyi io £l.J06,I3912023.. £5(K)338). These figures include fets for Cour￿1 azmi Costs CotJwltant& which ￿la1 £730.368 {2023.. £A34.0401. Th¢net figure for eamed ir*ome 8Ltribuiable PILC is therefor¢". £635,771 12023.. E366.497). a 73% iwewon thc last reF4Jrting puirpj. 3. Donatio￿ from the Bthtrttl public have inCfeaJed Signifi￿lLY duc to our mort regular use of CmwdJustic¢ gppral5. This gtnour*cd to £19,280 {2023.. £1.2631. 4. Oiher irKome from trainin& o)Jwlthncy and othu n]i￿ll1rt￿￿S in(x)v* wnoun*d 10 £7,71N). which is more refl￿tIve of a long-tem lrtnd tl*n the worTCForting wityJI2￿I3.. £48.799}. Ivhtrt COM￿SatIon hd F*cn pwd to PILC. b. Balanc¢ Sheet In lÉn¢ with the ￿ of ihe w*unt4 ¢&h at bgtLk ha5 (knublul to £979,96912023: £494,938), a nct tncrease of £485,031 (2023.. £181,145) on the pritir rewrting PErio(L In addiiion ro ihe llsU￿ rtr4Uirtthertts that PILC matntiins a 5ubst¥nli&l (xsh buffer 8¢¥en the duntion of public law ￿ leTr8thy billing pr￿¢&jI¢S and pr01ra￿ed Settlem￿1$ for ymertt of It￿] WOTk, we are al￿) Jry3rlliE for a period of transstson where income ts likely io go s18nifs￿￿IIY down ill ¢hc ttcxt 2.3 y￿r5. The need for ¢Lsh teseryes aL4) refle(ts the 5tdy growth of the orgaDssaiion and a58ociated ext*nditurt Page io PUBLIC IfffEREST IAW cEfffliE REPORT OF THETRUSTEKS for the y¢•r ¢nded 31 2K4 Cth and wuivajents 81 31 Marth 2024 in¢l￿t £23.700 in TeStricted (2023.. £10.488A le8vin8 PILC with £956269 tn unTestritted ￿￿$(2023.. £484.4501. This rewc5aJts 8 5ubsianliql ttmrase in unrrstricled cash reserves.. £471,819 (2023: £173.5801. Notes 12 and 13 on pa8e 29 of show a br&thwTr of PILCS delxors GTryJilors. Debtth5 Brc Isrgcly ade of tssde dcbtor5 in the fotrn Of paYm￿lS duc frDm the Covid-19 It4wry a￿j Ihc u[￿erCover Policing It4uiry. 'A¢crucd incom¢, rcpreseiits our Work in Progress {WJP) with a value of £154.886 (2023.. £88.695}. The increase in Ihc y￿￿e of lh¢ vfiP i5 due ty thegrvwth of the ie*n. Other (ktdors art disburs¢meThts we h&v¢ on cases 8nd that w¢ lend io rttoup ai the end of cas¢5. 10 treditors the highea figure mittY>r5 th&t of dthtor5 ill thd Ih¢y T¢prcstml ]nonies ow¢d to Co￿￿tI fot ix)th public tnqUiTte5. There is a]x> £162.7(K) of grants ￿ld as oiher credttod. TRxalion and socid stturily are VAT alld PAYE duc lo HMRC Jt 3151 m￿ch 2024. Pagell REPORT OF THE TRUSTEFS for tht year emdod JJ M*r¢h 2024 RESERVES POLICY The Boatd of Tr￿tte5 h&5 ofrttsiniDg free which Irp￿t Six worth of annual OPts*ing cost& ThÉs •Mo￿￿t 15 reflectiv¢ of 8￿d Prndic¢ in thE charity sedor and is Cvtft n￿re itn[x>rt￿l for PJLC ￿ it requiTeS high¢r leveLs of cash now due to the twtyre of its WO￿ PILCS Ix)wd 0ftrust￿ considtt frte rtStrYCs tsb bc availablc wh at bank exc1￿lIn8 and desi8[￿ted fvnds. As the orgattisfttion is slcadity 8TOWill& PILCS t￿¥ fre¢ fegeryes tstxct has irKreasal ¢0 £493.56712023.. £365,877), which correspond5 to six monthl annual OPa81iJ]E o)sts from the 12024.251. lljesc ￿$￿¢S ¢nabl¢ the Law CentE ID deal with the foltOWill8 cx>niingcncies'. - Problems with Cash tkTrw due to delay in lega] income paymet￿. - Late ￿yMeTht. redw¢ion or withdrawal of grdnt fiThiing* - Redwtion Lega] Aid ear￿1 itKomq . In thc event of cknsu¢ thrEc months, nJMin8 COSts th wind up thtt OT¥WiWW)n aThl pay r•Jund￿l￿es. le4sehold atNJ oihu li#bilitsc& Last yw, the board hftd aL￿ desigrthted fLmd5 again￿ tsrg*s foliow5.' - £50.OIN) for unforesetn staffing i5SUe5 {e.g sickress. parentsl le4ve) - Ear￿ £50.(XKI. - £4.918 IOWArd$ 3 Fightin8 Fund- 18rga £50.(K)O- - £6.667 for ¥epl&rngessential IT ¢qUiFrfnethi- iat8e£ £20,IKK>., - £56,998 to mitigate th¢ impart of Ihc iuThination of pthlic inquwir5 4nd to sts(r salaries during the transition PEri￿J ￿ck to public law llliR8tio￿- ￿ger£17S.(W. Thi5 ycar. t1￿ t￿Ard h&% incre&Eed ￿ wgets of its thig[￿e￿ d)¢ rable below. This is b8sed oll.. a} the growth of Organi￿￿1# (rtquiring additional fuThts for th¢ urtfDtUCaJ StatT i￿￿£1 aftd thc futsjre ￿l￿¢m* of essentiel ¢qui]Mnen(l.' bl Financial forecasts which infornj fi￿¢1￿1 plannin8 ovu ￿ [￿xI 3-5 years* c} PILC'S corntTritmenl towartLs building a Fighti￿ FutHI ￿ takcon cases where we catujot oiknin Lwl Ai In summary. lotsl cash qt E*nk less restride41 and thsigwed fvTrJs le4¥es frt¢ ¢L*h reserve4 ty CQV¢T Six months. IxKigtht ex￿idI￿r4 ￿ pry the lablc trrtlow. At 31 M#rth 2024 Totsl c*sh •t bank 979.969 Restri￿ed bjnds 23.7(K) Ullrtstricted c4sh at ba#k 956269 DesiEn*ttd Fund5 Unfor￿Cen Staffirtg Issu Fighting Fund E$4￿11&1 Equipjnent End ofpublic Inquirics Tot*1 dtslEllat¢d Frte Cx$h Re5er¥es Allouled T&r¥et ](x).￿O 50.(K 20.( 292,703 462.703 30,0 29S.IXID 525.IN)O 493,567 Thi5 wlicy is reyiewrd wruJu8ily when the kK)yrd of tnJ*crs Ixysithrs the c4Jd of yw p]vi¢thon5 thc audited aGrounts. P¥8c 12 PUBLIC INTEREST IAW CEfffliE REPORT OF THETRUSfEES for the ye*r ended JI Mirth 2024 PRINCIPLE RISKS PILC poli¢i¢s, proc¢dwes Systems ar¢ Well￿ablIsh￿l wjd staff are 8bJe ￿ *¢ess thern online in5tHndy in ow Office Manual. W¢ al80 rcvicw thon ptti0dic￿IY. amc[Mii￿ thun where necessary or impToving thcTh whu¢ ￿351b1¢. We have a Ci)mpliancc pian gtLd tDaintsin a Risk Regis￿. whid] is updatd rLCW risks are id￿tified. Ii is reyiewed quarterly by the Smtor Matwcnl T￿1 aThd the Brth of Tn¥tci% Staff arc traind annually on 5afeguardin8 and data pmtthn. We also have a Bu5inf55 Continuity PIWL whith is tested •rtDualty. StRffiDg Public lryuiriw ac0)￿[$ for 3 ￿￿¢11￿￿ thMI 2 wthgals {aErf)￿ 40% of ihe Iwl te*n). Thi5 rtiraris that w¢ arc able to a Significant pro￿rtIon of ou* eartKd incottLe ftDm tlus 5tr¢Bm ofwork. How¢ver, Ihe UCPI is duc to tjmt around March 2026 and the Covid-19 Inquiry may continue a little bit beyond but is expecta to tllil off ttKn loo. This raises two major tortrne viable again Itgrimaied at 18-24 montFLs1. theJe reDJain5 a risk of oYer-rtliAnce on itKome frorn public inquwiu. Whilst ¢unEntty r¢lurning w￿sIderable Su￿lUs. we aTE very careful rrf)t ￿ ov¢r.¢xw the O￿￿]58t]0n. We have sct up a desi8rMted fund to plan for that and wt art wO￿l￿g closely with staff to itKrfa8c other e4rL&l itKome from lirigation th crvil ¢i#im& Th¢ significant gromh of the liliE8t￿n teAm over th¢ last 24 rn(￿1￿ h&% Lytated a mana8emtnt dBficit in th¢ rtnlral learn. To &55isI with the lega] marw￿1 of the 0[￿1￿10￿, d tn8rwment reviw idenitfied the need ro ¢tt8tt a lJe&d of le￿1 t￿Ork. rolc to work with ILgal Dir¢¢tor aTMI focus mar￿1￿8 t￿ litigation team. lo cnsure high-lcvel of complign¢¢ attd iit>)cly billin& The fDle 15 due ￿ swi in April 2024. 1( ha% al￿ aErted that a fuTth¢r revi¢w of OUT oprntional mana8em¢nr needed to take pl￿￿ in thc first h￿r of n¢xl financial yt¥ with a view to itKrta%e 0￿21￿)￿&[ a(hnin ￿￿lty. Som¢ of PILCS work fat) bc ￿1111¢47￿ seThsiiivL We have brÈefed 8]1 staff on whar constit4Kts Jx)litieAI activity cAmpaipJing under Charity law arKi the n￿￿sIty to always work in pursuance of our charttabl¢ pulp0￿ We have reyitwed eur ￿CIal media w)licy folk>wing uwtst¢d guidamx by the Ctwity Comtntssion in Sry>te￿ber 2023. We hove also put further mitigation in plaLY in c&%e 30m4%hing were to hawxr4 ir*I￿Aiti8 pthilional rtrx)rting tnechjnisrns to Irusiees. The atvoinDn*)t of a c4hnmuni(*ioJL5 IJ)n5uJtsnt ha5 also hel￿ trj eJJsure 811 extctn&l cotnrnwiiution5 l5 (kne in the pur5Uitof our ch&Titabic obic¢tiVe5. Pag¢ 13 PUBLIC JrirEREsf IAW CENTRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEL5 for the year e•ded 31 M*rth 2024 GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMETr Amertdmctts to PILC w￿lI￿ri0n were ma¢k at the AGM in Novunttr 2023 with a view w Cl￿8¢ the sirwttue of PILC from 4 membership to &¢n]5t m(xi¢l. yov8h( ￿ darify Tr￿U[trn￿1 or￿slee￿and I￿8th of servitt. A new 3-yettr 5trnteEic plan was alm) forrnally ap[￿0v¢d by wus1¢¢5 in Marth 2024. Th2 oYcrBII akm of thc plan is 10 r4>n501i(knt¢ wh* wt have buili so fBr 4nd for a tknod of trnnsiti(kn following the ead of two majoT public inquiri￿. The new sts81egic Pta￿ is (xntrd orouTrJ 3 5tr8tcgic priorttÉfS.- - Scekillg J￿￿1¢¢ through leg81 xtioft by tontinuiDg to ¢kliver and develop strnteRic l¢gal auoss ow exi#ing areL8 of expertise - Devclopin8 {and articulatir￿) PILCs rnovemeni lawyerinE - Consolidwing PILCS orB8nisatÈonaJ growth, by iThv¢siing in OUT lo en5ur¢ ¢ffe¢live man88ement. high levels of o)mpliBnc4 8(Kd8ovcrnaKe and wthk 5tream$ w¢ fully 80￿d01 Eric Se8al. CKbld Miller. Jacqueline Pthes K¢lly Cay all rtsi8nul the Te￿￿rtillg peri(￿. We arc i)yJebted to them S￿>￿￿rt they gave us ov¢r Ik pam 2-3 ycars. We recruited David Nwbc {a8 tsu%urer) Ind Sam WJrw(MJd, K)Ih with financial ext￿nIst to Stru￿tha) ¥cn￿nY on the There chw to the [nP￿sE￿ncnt team durirEthe witrj. In July 2023, we moved io new offi(*s fjTrcn Houx (Ethical Propty IAdl OD Cambridge He8lh Rd 10 acumm(¥Jate a growing 5tsff l&qm. We bav¢ akn stttngtherd our cY￿r stturity by wediiin8 with Cyb2r.E5senti&l Plus. In Aug￿8[ 2023. we were awarded Lwl Aid conlracts in Public Law. Claims aBai]Jst Public Athriti¢s and Housing from s￿lember 2023. We BLso pL8sed th¢ ann￿1 Lcxttl aLMtil with(xJt Iny cotrethve ac4iOn5. ln D￿ember 2023, PILC rttsined its IAW Ixxcd 8£ctvJiMion for cliem cart Compl1ffj￿ and p￿)ce mart￿emem. Thior to th55. we al30 8ait*d aclxtttation to Cykn Ewntial in May kn si¥cngtlLCll OUT IT security in. In Jartuary 2024. w¢ outsour¢ed ￿8￿]HI1￿8 kn the office F4x)n¢ thje 10 Ihc VoluE￿ tsf c411$ U)[ni￿ in Ikiw m￿h this disrus*s sthty reswtHlin& This will be teviewtd after 6 monts to ¢￿Ure Ihc service WO￿ for for pr05p¢ciive clients wishingto Tcath Finally. 5raff wellking cOntim￿ to be very imFKWt*rt tsp orEBni5atM>rd ¢kv¢J0we￿ and w¢ ay8e with in a var2ety of ways lo en5urc Iky remain hEalthy 8rMI hyy ai work. ￿lor 10 the start of the fi]]HJKi&l yw, a substantial incye&¥e iTJ ￿Y wo5 keep up with inflation. W¢ have ajx) imw*ved our swision of and c￿sure t11￿11￿ is disCU55ed regularly. We have nu]J)ber of 5uprrf>nivc acriMs &% a rtsuli 8nd conlillu¢ lo work with siatE so that we can imPTOVe working ¢Olldlti(H￿ whilst ¥unwning vi&bl& Am*JnBs( dK>SC. We itttroduced a ￿lary sacrifJc¢ 5pJ)eme st8ff to DI￿>m13¢theIr Col￿ributiOns. S8rth LoMcy. suwising solicilor [J￿Y 2023). joiti&l the otE*nISat￿n iniiially a5 m&ernity LYJVtr aftd we •r¢ delighted she wa5 yubseqtscntly confirmed a txrmarthl employtt 10 fitrthcr develop OUT *ork on racial justice and migrants, riglLt5. Holly Twist (January 2(J24) joined to wist Keith Coughtrie with the developtncnt of the Gypsie5 and Trnvellcrs Legal Advice p¥>iect. At J l March 2024 PILC emptoys 14 staffj13.5 FfE 12W23.. 12 staly, 11.5 Ffci grMI conlracas out a self4mployed Fin4n¢¢ OffL¢er (0.5 FtE). acotnmunl￿1Wjrts CO￿ul1•￿tI0.3 FfE) •]Mt a wn5ultaut solicitor. Page 14 PUBLIC IAW CENTRE REPORT OFTHE TRVSTEES for tht yc*r eDdtd 31 Mara 2024 srATZMENf OF TRUSTEES. R￿PONSIBlLr[iEs The tn￿tt5 are re5rw)rk%ible for the iiqKKt of thL*c¥ the flljancial JiattThents in ￿e0rdance with awlictsblc knv and Unitrd Kingthm A￿￿l￿ting StaThJarth (United Kingthj Getxrally Awttl ALxx>untsng Prncticcl. The law applicable to charilLt5 Ln Wand athd Waits. Ik athTiti¢5 A(* 201 I, Charity (Accounts and Rerx)rtsl Regulatsons 2(X)8 and the F￿vISIOnS of th¢ trwi deed twjiyes the tnk8tEts to FqrFw¢ financial 5tat¢mcnts for each financial year which give a true Jnd fair view of th¢ of affairs of the chatity of the resources and application of resowctt. in¢1￿1]￿E the in(xMne and eXFfThkn"nK4 of thc L*arity for that In prcphring tknse rLnancI￿ Si￿¢men￿ th trusiees are rtquired 10: - selea suttable accountin8 ￿li¢l¢S ond Bpply t1￿ - the mcttKKL5 pri￿lPleS sn the Charity SORP.. . makeiudganents **d estitnates that w¢ re&onable Wmt pnthj . state whether 8pplic4ble ststthrth have becn folw subjecl lo any maierid disc]os•J and explaiJRd in the finaJJcI￿ stattsnert8' - preparc the financial #alem¢nts on Ihc knis unless it i% to ¥(e5￿C that th¢ charity will coniirtue in ￿$￿Th￿s. M¢mb¢r5 of thc charity gu4T8niee to cornribute an 8m0￿1 Th)1 excthliTrE £1 kn the assets of th¢ tharity in thr cvert of winding up. Tk total numtrcr of sucb 8uaranlecs ai Jl March 21r24 w*% 9. The tru8kes aTe members of thc charity but thi8 erttitJe5 tIKm tovoting righ￿ TIKtru5recs have rw) t￿￿rICial interest trt thedwity. The tr￿ are resp)rtsible for kcq)ing aLXX)UTrting whith di5ckw with Tcasonablc ￿￿jrary at any time the p￿lU0n of the charity and io ersable thej)) the fit*n¢id ststetDents compty with the Choritie3 Act 21111, th¢ Charity (Accounts an￿ Re[￿5> R¢gulatkDn$ 2008 tht ptDvi$iotLS of IhE tnLSt deed. 'fhey 3re a150 resrA7nsible for safeKuarditi8 the L8*ts of thkTity ond for TpkiTrg r￿onable for the pjrveniion and dde¢lionof fraud arvjother ittcBul8ri1i¢s. Atsdit•ts BerrinBers iLP Tewp)inkd ￿ the clwity5 alldi￿ its willingn￿5 to colllirtuc in thBt capacLty. Approva by Ordcr of thc Erf)ard ortr￿tea on...................._..................... *%d sig￿1 ort its lthlf by: D N¢ube- Tr￿stee P8g¢ 15 REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENf AUDfTORS TO THE TRUSTELS OF PUBLIC INTEREsf LAW CENTRE Opimio We have atyjiied Ihc fitwjckal 51gl¢me¥Jts of Public Ime￿1 Law {IhB'charity) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which cotnprise IIK Sthtf4neni of fin￿l￿ ￿tiVitIes, the Bthte she¢L the CA%h flow Statement and ￿t¢S lo the financial si&k]nents, including a summary of SiBnificani accounting wlicie5. The fjnanciaj rewrung fr8mewoTk thBI hJ5 bEen appli¢d in th¢ir pre￿￿tion is awlicable Jaw 8Dd Unt*d Ki￿d0￿ Aux)unting S¢artd*￿ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted AccouThiing Pn¢ticel. In our op1￿*0￿ th¢ finarri&l give a 8t￿ fair view of the state of thE tharitys affsits 31 2024 8nd of its Incoming rEsoUr￿5 and applI￿tiOn of rtsourLE5. for th¢ year thtm thltsl. httve berjj prorKrly prepared in accord8nce with Utulcd Kingdom Ge[￿￿lY Accrytyi A¢couniing Ptactice; and have bett) prrpucd in aCcordfyT￿ with th¢ rcquirunents ofthc c￿l￿¢S Aa 2011. foropinion We Conduckd our audli in accord&D(x with Intern￿10￿11 StaTthrd5 on Auditing IVK) {ISA5 IUKI) 8thd aFplic4ble law. Our rtwsibilitics u￿1¢￿ t￿)% standarth are fwikr dcsuil*l in the Authwts. rtwnsibilities for the audit of the financial statemeDts 5Wtion of our rewL We are inde￿￿t of tk cknty in 8C(X)TdwJ(r with the tthical r¢quiremMis that Irc relevant lo ow a￿j11 ofthc finatKiaJ swements in the UK i￿luding the FKCS Ethi￿1 Siandard. and we h&ve fi]IfiSlwJ othtz ethi￿1 Twsibililie5 in aE¢J)rdM¢c with thcsc reqUir•D￿ts. We believe thai th¢ &udil evidthcc we hllvc o￿al￿d is stsfficienl and ￿F￿￿lItt to provide a b&%15 forowopinion. CoMtlThgion5 relating to goiM8 towccr In auditin8 Ihe fu￿[￿181 ststem¢nr4 we have ¢otKludul thfjt thc of the 8oin8uJN2rn basis of a¢wunun8 in the preFw4tion ofihc financi￿ slai￿ents is apJMOtxtht Bayoj on Ihc work we have Fufomit4L we have wi i¢knIif￿ 8Dy matuiwl u￿ainti¢l relating to events or conditions th8t, indlvithi￿ly or thllertivcly. may sipbifxxThL ¢Joubt on thc charity's ability to Continue a% a ￿Ing cOn(￿n for ft pcriod of at Ict%t twejve months fmm when Matrthenls &UthoriS￿ for isstr. Our Te￿￿￿￿5]bilItieS and the nswn5ibditiC5 of thc In￿e$ with r¢¥*ct ￿ going uJt*wn are deycrtw irt th2 Tel¢vant se￿0￿% of Ihis rewrL Other ithformAtion The tnjsttcs are resronsiblc for the other inf(x￿atIo￿ The other inform￿lon ￿MpriSeS the iDfornatK)n incI￿leA1 in the A[￿￿1 Tewn. otr￿ than the fir￿n¢la1 ￿*¢t[￿ents 3Thd our RcFOrt ofthE I￿le￿[￿le￿I audilots lhe￿n. Our q)iJllon on financigl st￿l￿¢t￿ dDC5 M covu thc other inforn4tioTr aTrJ. except to the exreni otherwise explic¢ily slated in ourrewrt we tht exptssmjy forn of a55urartt LX)nGIu5Kkn thEruJE). Jn Lx>nncc1￿n with our audit of the finanG¢al sw¢JJJert% our rG5tM)ngbiliry Es to rt*l thB otlKr Inf￿MatiOn in (k)llJg So, Wn5ider wheth¢r th¢ olhtt infotmalion ks fflalu¢8lly irthnsisteThl with th¢ financial Sl&ternents or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otheTWi5e appear5 ro k tnaieriajly mi5#9ied Ir we idajtify 5u¢h m￿¢￿tal inwnsistencies or apparent m8lerial ml53tstNn￿ts. wc are rewired trj dettmiine Wheth￿ this gives rise to a material mi58tstemeni in rmaneial siatunents thetn5elv¢s. If. b￿ed the work we have ￿rfornIc(( wc conclude thal thcrc is ll materrial tni&%t8rctne￿I of thi5 olher itsfomiation. w¢ arc Ttquired ￿ r¢p¥rt that &t. W¢ have M)thit%to rq￿￿t in rhis rtg8rd. Matters ots Ivhich we 4re req*irtd to rEPOrt by ext¢pti We have nothing ￿ re￿)rt in of th following mattcrs where thc Ckntic& (ALxtyJnts Re[￿5) 1kgu￿tIonS 2008 Teqtsire5 U5 to repm io you if. in ouropinion.. the infomi•tion given in the R9￿ of the tn]5te¢s is inconsi5terrt in ￿Y matu1￿ re5PXt with thc financial Statemen￿ or sufficieni a¢¢ounting record5 have not becn kq)t or th¢ financial siatetnents sre rK)i in 4rteinent with th¢ a¢0?￿11￿8 rcttJrn&' or we have received ail the inforni8tion expla￿tiO￿% we rr4ui¥c foywr￿dlL Pa8¢ 16 RKPORT OF THE INDEPEP4DENT AUDfTORSTO THE iiiusfEES OF PUBLIC JrfrEREST IAW CEfffliE R•Bpon$lbllltits of irnÉteu A% explair¢d rn0￿ fully in thc SialemeThl of tn￿¢5, rc5rx)nsibtlities. the try￿¢C$ &rt rts]x)nsible for the p¥q￿tiOn of the finsnrial stat¢men15 which ￿ve a ¢n* aTMI hir view. for th internal conbK*l t% the truste¢5 detern)in¢ is n¢cess8ry lo tnable the pteparation of fI￿nCIal #atrments that are frct frrAn tnÈtrrtal rni&%tatemenl. wtrKthet due to fraud orem>r. In rK¢parin8 fmancid Wem¢nts, th¢ Tr￿ are ]ww)rL8ible for a￿¢#$1￿8 the ability to contiwc &% a 80in8 wnc¢rr4 disdosin& applicablfy mallus ¥¢la*d its gDill8 the going corKern basis of accounting unl¢55 either irttethl to liwidatc the i*arity wto eew ¢ymtiorts. or have no ￿list]C ?IiernHtiv¢ bui 10 th so. Ollr re5ponsibilitieJ for the atydlt of fiBaJcial 51•tements We have appoinied as audiiofs undcr &clion 144 ofihc Ch￿111¢5 Ad 2011 tn accord￿ with th¢ Act and rtlcvant regu￿10￿5 madeorhavtiJ8 efft£t therAHth. r obje¢iiv&s are [t￿r￿)le wurarK¢ aFA)Ut whether the fjnanual ststttnr￿ts as a wlKble arc frc¢ fiDm m&teriai m¥s5taiernent, whcthet due to frBud or err￿. and to iwje a Re[￿ of the indwth a￿1]LOr$ thst incl￿1¢5 our opinion Reawnable is 8 i￿&h level of w]rgntt. is ]MFt & gu9rantr¢ that an audit Ctrnd￿ted in ¢othJce with ISAS IUK) will always deieLt a tllaterial tlliS5tht￿¢fjt whett it exists. MIS￿ments can arise fiDm fr8ud or ern)r and are considered m8trTwI if, indivi¢thJ8]ly or trt the Igg￿gaIG Ily ¢ould rta*>tthly br exprcted Influe￿c¢t￿ ¢roTh)mic dc¢isiorL% of th¢ ofthtse fin*Kiql Ststcme￿ts. cxtetkt to which our pr(thre5 we catAble ofdettrtin8 irrcgularitsw Ir￿h￿l￿ fr￿￿ 15 ddail¢d FKIOW: In idcniifying and ￿$Sing risks of matrrÉwl misswtULeni ID tewt of iryu]8riuw includin8 fraud aJ¥J crror, we sidered the following.. . the nakn¢of the lAth￿ry. control ¢nVironM¢nt￿d t*tyttLeSS ￿rOm - resulisof our enquirie8 w managttnent th>ut theirown ¥sy¢wnt#)t ofthe risks of fr4ud and . the matters diSc￿d atnong the audit uy8cm￿l ttAm Jegardi￿ how ￿ whert fraud may o(xur in th¢ fmancial ststemenis and any Éx)ieniial indiL*tors of frwd r PLY)c•Jwes kn re5w)nd to risk irKluth the followin - Tevi¢wing the financia] statt4n¢tit di5cbsw¢s and testing 10 StsPtx)rling (kKurKntation', . perf0TfDir￿ 8natyiical procedurts 10 Édentify my unuwd or aTe45 that indiL*e risks of ma¢¢riaJ misslatemcntdue to fratvj orerror . a&jr￿Ing the ftsk of frxud gjyj Ibmu8h manxganeat ovcrridc of ¢OTthl* testing appropriaterKss of jl)Urn81s, asscs5in8 wFth¢r Ihc judgements m¥k iTh makin8 ¥¢ounlin8 eStirn8t¢s are ir￿1£all￿¢ of a ￿tEntiAl bias,. and tvaluaiing the bust[￿￿5 NionaIe of any signif￿￿nI tr￿￿￿nS aTe or outside th¢ ryjmial LXWTSC of busin¢ A further descriptÈDn of ow r¢5ponsibiliiits for the audit of th¢ firaatKial ststernents 15 kxxted otl the FinanciAi Reporting CouJJcil'$ wdBitr at www.frC.o￿￿kI*Ml1lr*w￿lb}I1¢I¢k This tscripkn fi)rns part of ow Rewi of the Independent Auditojs. Pt8e 17 REPORT OF THE lTriDEPENDENT AUDfTORS TO THE TRusfE&S OF PUBLIC IIYTEREsr tAW CENTRE Use of our report Thi5 reiKrt is m&le solely to the chtiriW5 tr4L%tec4 as & body. in a￿)￿d￿¢¢ wilh Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and ReEK>rts) Re8uiations 2008. Our audti work has bet* urtdertaken 50 that we might the ch*tity'S trus(ers 1kn5B man¢Ys wc art requEted ID Slalc tD them itl an awiitor5' f¢FQrt and for N> ￿h¢r puryx>se. To the fi]Ilest extenl pennittd by l&w, we do not accept or &8yJme reswFnsibility to anyone other thgn the Charity and Ihr Lh¥￿tY.$ ttUSlL%S kndy, for our audit wo￿. forthis r¢wrt. or forthc opinioths we ha¥¢ fornicd. Berrirtgers LLP Ch#rt¢l￿d A¢xounlw and SIBtulory AuditOTS Lygon Hou* 50 London Road Bmmlcy Keni BKI 3RA Dal¢'. P8ge 18 PUBLIC INTEREsr tAW CEfuRE STATEMEIIT OF FINANCIALACflVmK8 ror theye*reJded 31 M*Ttk 21124 2024 Totsl futtds 2023 Toial funds UnTtstri¢teAI RrsMc¢e41 fijnd INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Do[￿li•J$ lewies l93 193 35,976 CharitAbk ietivlti iLgal repr¢s¢niaiio 1ffj67JJ9 177,933 IJ4S4S2 892,260 Inve￿ment i￿rne 1288 Totxl J77J36 XPENDITURK ON Chsritablt Attivi¢ic tzgal repTesetttal￿n Staff wsis Accojnmothion OtheA supwrt ￿}st5 725,754 484W5 35,107 134.040 433.063 24 J96 45.940 131029 622,924 35.107 22 Tot 637 439 NEf INCOME 406*15 13215 420.030 292,085 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Tol81 fund5 brou8hi forward lo￿8 695JJl 4103.226 T(yfAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 695,311 The N)tes forni ofthex financi￿ P4e 19 VUBLIC IPITEREsf iAW CEKfkE BALANCK SHEKT JI M*r¢k 2024 2024 Tot*1 2023 Total fut Unrt&rithd Restria funds N￿e￿ FIXED AssErs Tangible as¥ets 6068 6,284 D¢biots C&8h at b￿k 12 623,027 956369 623.027 979969 438.136 494 938 23,7(N) 1579296 Ith02996 933,074 CREDITORS Amounts fallsng thje ￿th*Tr *x%yur 13 {494S23) (l94￿Z3) I244,￿7) NET CURRENT ASS 1,084,77J 23.71MI 1.108,4TJ 689.027 TOTAL ASSETS LE&S CURRENT LIABILrriES 1.091.641 1,115J41 695,311 NET ASSETS 695 FUNDS 14 UnTesiricted futhts Re5trided f I.IXll,641 684.823 TOTAL FUNDS 1 695 311 ts Op[￿v¢d by the B¢)ard of Tr￿81t¢S btKI autknrwl for i55u¢ on were signedon its by: D N¢uTrx- TrtLStee Pa8c 20 PUBLIC INTEREST L4W CEprrRE CASH FLOW STATEMENT for Ihe yt•rudtd 31 Marck 21124 2024 2023 Notcs CA8h flows from optntiDg ACtivrtitS Cash ge￿￿71ed frorn OP¢rniiiTrn3 181.525 Net Cash pvjvided by ot**iDg¥liviti&5 181.525 C*sh tlows trom Éivestlll8 *¢tivilits PUrCh￿Of taDgibl¢ fix￿ assas InteTe5t recctval ￿3￿) 2JfJ 11,6681 1288 NCL c&%h ￿ed in investing *tivities 380 cha￿8t tash tquiv*le•ts IA the reporting ptriod C*sh and cash eq￿ly*l¢￿ts xt the hell￿nIng of the reporling p¢riod 485,031 181.145 CAsh ¢asl equlvAlettts #t tke exd •f tbe rnporting periDd 494 938 Th2 Wte5 flxm w of these fi]]artiaE stata￿t￿ts P*ge 21 PUBLIC INTEREST IAW CEP¥fR Norn TO THE CASH FLOW grATEMETr for the yur eDded 31 Marth 2024 RECONCJLIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH TrU)W TrIiOM OPERATJNG AcfiviTlES 2024 2023 Net income for tke Y¢p•rti•e period per tb¢ S¢*thmMt •f fiwicial ttivitit8) Adjustme#ts for- Depreciation charg Interest [￿e1ved in debtors Inctease in crediiors 420,030 292.085 2,625 {2,5631 {1840911 2YI,476 1,984 (1,288) {143,772) Net t*sh providtd by op¢Ya(iows 181.525 ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS At 1.423 C&8h flow At31.3.24 Nrt ¢isb CHsh at 38 485 Q31 485.031 To¢al 495￿3] The JM)ttt% f(XJn FQrt of thcyc fin￿la1 statemtsts Py22 PUBLIC IwfKREST IAW cE￿rRE NOTES TO 171E FINANCIAL SfATEMEPfts (orthe yemruded JI M*rch 2024 ACCOUNTING POLICIES BA5is ofpr¢parin8 the Slat￿*￿ts The finoD¢ial 5taiemeftts of the chBrtty. which is & wblic knefii cmitty FRS 102. have prq)ar¢d in a¢¢ordatJce with the Chariiies SORP IFRS 102) At£ounting Rewting by (￿aritIcS.. Stalrdw with the Fujattci Rewrting SiandaTd applic8bl¢ in the UK Rwblic of Irel8rKI IFRS 1021 IcffeGtivc l January 2019),. Fi]]kncial RewrtiDg Siandard 102 1he financial RqK)rtin8 5taThlwd applicable in th UK Ind Republic of I￿[￿nd, snd the Charities Act 201 l. Ihe fIr￿lI[ statan¢nts h&v¢ prcporrys the historicBt cost convention. All irthmt is reeognised in th¢ &alem￿l of Trinancial Adivitivts orK¢ thc fknty enti￿¢mr￿1 to the fjjrtds, it is probablc the inthrne will bc rettived and the ￿￿nI reliably. ExpeDditsr¢ LiabiliiÉes 8re rEcopJiscd &5 exrKnditure B5 soon as ihete is a legal or consttuaive obligation commiuin8 the charity lo thai txpctditUT< it is probabl¢ that h trBTh5frr of t£onotniB will be rwuired in settl¢m¢nl and amouniof ihe obligation be m￿ll1td r¢liabty. ExF£￿J1￿j￿e is accounted for on an xctuals bs5is gnd has b¢tn classified un(kr ht*Jitw thai a88rw* all rel8￿[ to the (*wry. WI￿ CO￿ c&nnot bc diTECtIy attribuied to P8rticulllT I￿&￿1n83 they l¥vc altoo¢*J to xtiyitiu on a FA8is con5iStnt with the use of resources. TAJEible fixed w¢ts Depre¢iation is Provided et th¢ followi￿ rntes in ord# th write off eath assa over its &stimat¢d useful life. ComputtrtyuiiMDart . 20)6 ort cost TIxAtIo The chwity ts exernpt from on its dwithle •xivitie& FuRd actou¥tiM8 Unrestricied funds C￿ te ttt w)rdarLce with thedL8rit¥bl¢ obi¢divu at the di5CtEtw)n of the trusices. Restri￿ fiJEMts cArt oDty fi* ptrtiwiw rftstii¢trd within tk objects of the ¢harity. RestridiotLS ar55¢ when ¥rtcifiaJ by the d(wror when Hre raised for pgrtiwi•T T￿]Cted ]yJryx)se& FwtlKr expL*lat￿n of the r•tw¢and pwwtseof e¥h fimd is inclutsl iti the notrsto the finartcial stst¢m¢nts. PtnSiOM E05ts IDd other post-retittmtmt b¢•efyJ The charL(y epaate5 a d¢fl￿d wtsttibjtion pU￿10n schtmo Contribthion5 Fwable kn the thArity'5 w￿10n scherne arc ch￿8¢d lo the State[n￿t of FÈtwhciai A¢iiYitic5 in the whith thcy P•8c 23 ¢oniinuctL.. PUBLIC INTEKEKr IAW cEr4TRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs- contixueA for tjte year cjded 31 March 2024 DONATIONS AND LEGAC.IE8 2024 2023 19.280 1.263 Ex¢tytional itcm3 19380 INyL￿mE￿n INCOME 2024 2023 rkptksit account imcre 2,563 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACriv￿1￿s 2024 2023 Aclivity L￿81 TeFKcscntatio Legal repr&sentatioft Cirnnt5 471,613 lJ6(139 342.923 5L¥).538 TrAinin& scrvi(x5 atKI odKr income 48,799 1145,4 Grants rtteivoj. incith IhB abDV< are Ls folbwE: 2024 2023 Byring Foundatyjn Strategic Legal Trund Th¢ Josq)h Rowntree Ch3rithbleTnL%L AB Charitable TDJ5t OBk FouTthtion Matrix Cau5a5 Fund Trust For iA)ndon TudDrTru5t The Legal Edu(xtiQD fwr¥Jat¥ Ac¢ess To Justice Foundatio City Bridge Tn￿t Garden Court SFWiO1 FuThJ Disrupt Foundation 52.400 9,016 31.625 30.000 108,(M>O 1,8(Kl 28.000 26,577 40.83J 14.672 5,546 30,387 32,750 lo8,￿0 52,500 35,597 70,OOQ 33,333 13,71rfJ 4,000 10.000 471613 342 923 Pw24 (4)Thtinu&l... PUBLIC IF4TERE￿ iAW CENfRK NOT￿ TO THE FINANCIAL SfATEMENts- t•xtill•Ed for the yt*r tHdtd 3ft Marek 2024 CHARfTABLE AcrivrrtES COSTS Suptx)rt sts{s tc6} Tothl8 Lcgal rcpteyeniition Sthff c081S Accottkmodalion LX)St5 730J98 615 730J98 621,924 35,107 5&836 7J76 35,107 54088 50 694 a71 1447 265 SiJPPORT COSTS Staff costs Accomtnll 754.747 131J13 892.260 lrtvestmcnt irKyJme 137513 EXPF.NDITURE ON ChRritxble aettvitit twl representsiion Staff ￿$ts A¢tomm¢)daiion costs Other $UpT￿ Ix>sts 131879 333.317 24.396 134.040 433.063 24.396 45.940 99.746 29,040 Tot*l 507.492 NKf INCOME 284J19 7.566 292.085 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total fu￿LS brought fonwd 41x1.303 2.923 403.226 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 695.311 Page 26 ¢ontinued... PUBLIC INTEREsf IAW CENfRE P40TESTO THK FINANCIAL KfAT&MENTS- for tlbt ye4rendtd 31 Ma￿h 2024 TANGIBLE FIXED AssErs Cotnputer uipment COST At l April 2023 Addilion5 Y,918 A131 March 2024 DEPRECIATION Ai l Aptil 2023 Cknge foryeaf 3.634 At 31 Mar¢h 2024 NET BOOK VALUE Ai 31 March 2024 6068 At 31 Mw¢h 2023 12. DEBTORS.. AMOUNTS VAiLING DUE wrrHIN ONE YFAR 2023 Tr￿e deknrs Other debtors Acctwed ]￿L￿[ne 415067 44,579 154,886 324,179 20.061 88,695 438 136 13. CREDtroRS: AMOUPtrs FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 1024 2023 Trade ct*litor5 Taxation social seojrity Othcr L¥edi￿[s 259.189 136.738 41,6( P•Be 27 continu￿... PUBLIC INTERLV LAW CKNTRE NOTFS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- ¢oDtixu¢d for the yur t*ded 31 Mxrth 2024 14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Nrt movune in funds At 31.3.24 Al 1.423 Ulrestritltd fu#d$ Ge￿traI fujhj 684*23 4￿118 lJ19lth41 Re8trl¢t￿ fllD&s strai￿1¢ IxEal Furmt Joseph Rowntre¢ tharitsbk Tru City Bridge T￿￿t 332J 7367 (3.2211 (73671 13 TOTAL FUNDS 695JJ J 420 Net movemeni in fu￿J& iticluthd in the alxive *TC ￿ follows.. Inwming Resour￿S e￿F￿nde4] Movemcnl in funds Ullrtstrlded fynd¥ Gentr&l futKt 1th89J59 (13825411 406.818 Rtstricttd fuid5 Baring FoundaiM)n Strategic L¢88] Futsl Joseph Rowntree Chorit&bleTw Mairix Ca￿$ Fund Trust For Lotthn City Bridge Tr￿%& 64.￿1 164,Wil (B,7691 (37,6541 (3J21) (7.167) 152JJOI 13 177 936 ￿12 T(YfAL FUNDS 67395 51 420 030 CompArxtivts for movtment im funds mov&nertt in funds At 31.3.23 At 1.422 Unrtstrlded fuxds Get)eral fund 4￿.303 284.520 684.12J R¢5tricttd fu#ds Str&tC8ic Le8AI fund JO5￿ Rowntree CTharit*bleTnL 1.215 3.221 5,559 TOTAL FUNDS 695 311 P•8¢ 28 ¢onlinued... PUBLIC ll￿EREST IAW CENfRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEPITS. eo*(i#ued lor the ye*r e•dod 31 MArth 2024 14. MOVkMLKf IN FUNDS- tontiHied CorRpst&ivc movemtmt in fijnds includul in tht akneBTe as folb)w* Inwming Rwur¢x5 Movement fjjnds UBytxtritted Gcncral furtd 792,011 (507.491) 284.520 Restri¢ted fund Barittg FoundxtiQD Strategic Legal Fund Joseph RowntTee Charitable T[￿t Matrix Causes Fund TnL8t For t￿0[1 Acrus To Jusli¢e Foundthn 52,4 9.017 31.624 1.8LX) (SI4￿) 2,006 5,559 (26,065) 11.8001 128.(KK)) 14.672 137 513 TOTAL FUNDS 637.4391 291085 A current year 12 moDtILS wiorytar 12 combined [￿ltiOn is tts folJow5: Nd movc4neni in fiujds Al 31.3.24 At 1.4.22 Unmtricted r￿d4 fjefteral fwjd 411KI.303 691.338 1,091.641 Rtslricted funds StraieBi¢ Fund Joseph Rowntrcc CILartlabie Tru31 City Bridg¢ Tn& 1215 1.708 11215} 11.7081 23.7(Xl TOTAL FUNDS 712,115 Py29 continued... PUBLIC ￿TEREST IAW c&Tr￿RE NOTLSTO THE FIP4ANCIAL sfATEMENTS- coutinued for the year ended 31 M*￿& 1024 14. MOVEMENf Ip4 FUNDS- comtinued A cutjtnt year 12 mthths athd Fiorythr 12 u¥)nths C4)mbinryJ nct movememt in ffiJnd& i￿l￿ded in the 8bD¥e a os follows.. IrKy)min8 R¢w¥rrzs Movement ex￿nded in fun(L8 Unr¢gtri¢ted funds G•Jer81 fund 2.481.370 (1.791.032) 691J38 Rtstritttd fuud5 Baring Found*ion S¢Trte8ic Legal Fund Joseph Rownttee Ch&ri18bie Tn]si Maliix Cau5e5 Furyj Trust For T.o¢yJon Aixcss To Ju5tsce Fowmlation City Bridte Tr1￿1 116.401 4.565 02.011 (I16,401} 115,780) (63,719} {3,6(Y)} 180.51K)) 114,672) {1.7081 80.5 14.672 20.777 TOTAL FUNDS 2 796.819 15. RELATED PARTY DISCIX)SURES There were related pllrry tygnwiions duri1￿ lh¢ yfar. la￿ year thtte w18 a ir8ttsfer ef c&sh iot8lling £34.713 from Public Interest Law Centr¢ Ltd. & (y)mpgny (wrvted duc io k¢y managoneni in commort. Pylo PUBLIC If4TERESf LAW CEprfRE DYfAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIALAcfivTTIES tor th¢ year eDdtd 31 MArch 2024 2024 2023 INCOME AND ENDOWMETffS Donatiotts *Dd leg•fiH t)on&tion5 Excepliona] items J9380 1.263 34.713 19280 35.976 l*veJtment Lkwsit llecount interest 1288 Ch*rlt*ble *Etivltl¢y Gr￿￿t$ Leg￿ In¢om¢ Traitting> 5¢ryLfts and other 471,613 106A139 342.923 500.538 Totxl lttoomimg resomrtts 1067295 929.524 EXPENDrruRE Ch*ritxble ￿t￿¥St￿S S&lori&8 s￿￿JAI s¢oJrity Pen$ions Non.rtcovth>ble disixwsNneDts CourLs¢I fcc5 Projec¢ costs L¢gal Aid e0515 Profrsslor￿ insurat 390,106 26,876 14,010 2.777 130,840 4.678 3.2 38598 40,443 1389 716,188 14,180 I JSOh94 574.959 Supwrt Costs Other Rent R8t¢5 und water Insurance Telephone P051Bg¢ and st&tio] Sundrie5 Rep8iTS & Mainlet￿ AdvBrtisin8 & marktiing Travel & 3ub5tslenLr Bank charge Svbscrswitsns CaTried fotl¥8rd 33,695 1,412 329 JO90 3 J23 8,751 305 4,22S iJ40 417 2.741 SB.428 24.1KKI 323 538 2,528 2,373 158 2,815 573 520 1.676 J5, This w¢th)e5 not foTm Ffjrtof tht*abJknry filw￿la1 3taietiithts Py31 PUBLIC INTEiiFsf IAW CENfRE DtrAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITILS for the yt*rended Jl Ma￿h 1024 2024 2023 Other Broughi fon¥ard C]&￿Ing TrniJ)ing costs Computer, sotlware & IT costs Storage & prthiving cosrs Lc881 & profcsstonal ftts Staff co*5 CIMThputer ¢qUipm￿t 58,428 741 4.421 10,903 35.900 235 1.275 7.626 9,467 2,955 2,625 7.734 796 J26 56.230 GoverDAnce costs Audilots, ￿muneratIon Total resourcts ￿F￿ded 637 439 420,030 Thi5 rw does fortts p•¢ of thc5tatuW fiDatti8] statanthts Page 32